2014 Citi Open

The 2014 Citi Open (known as such for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 46th edition (for the men) and the 4th edition (for the women) of the event known this year as the Citi Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA International tournaments of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place at the William H.G. FitzGerald Tennis Center in Washington, D.C., United States, from July 26 to August 3, 2014.

2014 Citi Open
Date	July 26 – August 3
Edition	46th (men) / 4th (women)
Category	ATP World Tour 500 (men) WTA International (women)
Surface	Hard
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Champions
Men's singles
Milos Raonic
Women's singles
Svetlana Kuznetsova
Men's doubles
Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău
Women's doubles
Shuko Aoyama / Gabriela Dabrowski

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 64	Q	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	500	300	180	90	45	20	0	10	4	0
Men's doubles					—	—	0		—
Women's singles	280	180	110	60	30	1	—	18	12	1
Women's doubles					1	—	—	—	—	—

Prize money

Event	W	F	SF	QF	Round of 16	Round of 32	Round of 641	Q2	Q1
Men's singles	$316,400	$142,650	$67,570	$32,605	$16,625	$9,150	$5,325	$850	$440
Men's doubles *	$93,460	$42,180	$19,890	$9,610	$4,920	—	—	—	—
Women's singles	$43,000	$21,400	$11,300	$6,200	$3,420	$2,220	—	$1,285	$750
Women's doubles *	$12,300	$6,400	$3,435	$1,820	$960	—	—	—	—

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ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
CZE	Tomáš Berdych	5	1
CAN	Milos Raonic	7	2
BUL	Grigor Dimitrov	9	3
JPN	Kei Nishikori	10	4
USA	John Isner	12	5
FRA	Richard Gasquet	14	6
RSA	Kevin Anderson	17	7
ESP	Feliciano López	24	8
CRO	Ivo Karlović	31	9
COL	Santiago Giraldo	33	10
CZE	Radek Štěpánek	34	11
FRA	Jérémy Chardy	37	12
CAN	Vasek Pospisil	39	13
AUS	Lleyton Hewitt	40	14
UZB	Denis Istomin	41	15
TPE	Lu Yen-hsun	42	16
FRA	Julien Benneteau	46	17

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 21, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

• Tomáš Berdych
• James Duckworth
• Filip Peliwo
• Francis Tiafoe

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Jared Donaldson
• Robby Ginepri
• Alex Kuznetsov
• Illya Marchenko
• Rajeev Ram
• Yūichi Sugita

The following player received entry as a lucky loser:

• Sam Groth

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Grigor Dimitrov → replaced by Sam Groth
• Ivan Dodig → replaced by Tim Smyczek
• Matthew Ebden → replaced by Malek Jaziri
• Bradley Klahn → replaced by Michael Berrer
• Gaël Monfils (knee injury) → replaced by Dudi Sela
• Dmitry Tursunov → replaced by Frank Dancevic

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
USA	Bob Bryan	USA	Mike Bryan	2	1
AUT	Alexander Peya	BRA	Bruno Soares	6	2
CAN	Daniel Nestor	SRB	Nenad Zimonjić	11	3
CRO	Ivan Dodig	BRA	Marcelo Melo	17	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 21, 2014

Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:

• Jared Donaldson / Stefan Kozlov
• Steve Johnson / Sam Querrey

The following pair received entry from the doubles qualifying draw:

• Jonathan Erlich / Rajeev Ram

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Rank 1	Seed
CZE	Lucie Šafářová	17	1
RUS	Ekaterina Makarova	20	2
FRA	Alizé Cornet	21	3
USA	Sloane Stephens	22	4
RUS	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	24	5
RUS	Svetlana Kuznetsova	26	6
USA	Madison Keys	27	7
ROU	Sorana Cîrstea	29	8

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 21, 2014

Other entrants

The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:

• Françoise Abanda
• Shelby Rogers

The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:

• Tornado Alicia Black
• Hiroko Kuwata
• Olivia Rogowska
• Taylor Townsend

Withdrawals

Before the tournament

• Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by Kiki Bertens
• Jana Čepelová → replaced by Vania King
• Monica Niculescu → replaced by Virginie Razzano

During the tournament

• Vania King (right hip injury)

Retirements

• Zarina Diyas

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

Country	Player	Country	Player	Rank1	Seed
ZIM	Cara Black	IND	Sania Mirza	15	1
JPN	Shuko Aoyama	CAN	Gabriela Dabrowski	129	2
USA	Vania King	USA	Taylor Townsend	183	3
AUS	Arina Rodionova	AUS	Olivia Rogowska	196	4

• ¹ Rankings are as of July 21, 2014

Other entrants

The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:

• Roxanne Ellison / Sierra Ellison

Withdrawals

During the tournament

• Vania King (right hip injury)

Champions

Men's singles

Main article: 2014 Citi Open – Men's singles

• Milos Raonic def. Vasek Pospisil, 6–1, 6–4

Women's singles

Main article: 2014 Citi Open – Women's singles

• Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Kurumi Nara, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

Men's doubles

Main article: 2014 Citi Open – Men's doubles

• Jean-Julien Rojer / Horia Tecău def. Sam Groth / Leander Paes, 7–5, 6–4

Women's doubles

Main article: 2014 Citi Open – Women's doubles

• Shuko Aoyama / Gabriela Dabrowski def. Hiroko Kuwata / Kurumi Nara, 6–1, 6–2